TAG: Jahcoozi

Apr20

Jahcoozi – Barefoot Wanderer (Review)

Jahcoozi

Barefoot Wanderer

Released by BPitch Control


When you consider the artists associated with the term “Intelligent Dance Music,” the label is somewhat of a conundrum; the idea of someone racing to the club floor for Boards of Canada or Squarepusher is simply head-scratching (and chin-stroking, pun intended). An amendment is in order, as the songs of Berlin-based trio Sasha Perera, Oren Gerlitz and Robot Koch aka Jahcoozi comfortably fits with “music that moves your body, lyrics that stimulate your cerebral cortex.” However…
Nov24

Robot Koch (Review)

Robot Koch

Death Star Droid

Released by Robots Don't Sleep


Robert Koch's nom de beat, "Robot," is more than a play on words. If it was just that, it'd be stupid. The idea of an indeterminate grey area between human and machine pervades every element of his debut, and so just as he's retrofitted his human name into a piece of equipment so he struggles throughout Death Star Droid to find humanity within his equipment. It's a heady, intermittently brilliant trip, recalling most directly in its plush post-hip-hop bounce Flying Lotus's Los Angeles moreso than Koch's glitchy and club-centric ...